Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Matt* Lucas Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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